Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| help you / if you need it / rarely / will / Tom |
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| John / is / often / late |
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| some help with the homework / They / need / usually |
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| every other day / soup / We / have |
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| come / to help me / My parents / very often |
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| five times / saw / it / I |
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| go / to the disco? / often / you / How / do |
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| eats / pizza / for dinner / Mike / often |
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| asking me questions / is / She / always |
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| I / shopping / have to go / day in, day out |
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| breaks down / several times a year / My car |
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| She / very often / dresses / in blue |
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| to the gym / ? / go / Do / you / every day |
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| feel tired? / you / Do / often |
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| am / usually / very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. |
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| your car keys / find / never / can / You |
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| I / go / usually / once a year / to the dentist |
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| I / Can / dress / in green? / always |
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| have lunch / at home? / you / usually / Do |
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| get up / I / at 8 a.m. / always |
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| always / ? / Kevin / win / Does |
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| listen / never / They / can |
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| need / some petrol / I travel a lot. I / every other day. |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| eat / I / oranges / hardly ever |
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| go / once a month / to the hairdresser's / I / usually |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / She / rarely / when you talk to her |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / Yesterday, / she / twice / me |
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| to the gym / three times a week / I / go |
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| know / never / I / what to say |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
